June 2006

"Summertime and the living is easy."

We hope you’ve been enjoying your summer! The SP SnapShot™ team has been busy crisscrossing Florida, visiting schools and training data teams. We’ve traveled a lot and we’ve had the opportunity to meet some amazing teachers and administrators…and we’re not done yet! Our excellent Senior SnapShot trainer Michelle Gainer, a.k.a. “the Gainer Trainer”, will soon be coming to a school near you. If you can’t wait for your training opportunity, we’re now offering Faculty Training! Read more about this new service later on in this bulletin.

Also in this month’s bulletin, you’ll learn about some of the new features coming soon to SnapShot, as well as how to analyze the 2007 school grade additions.

So sit back with a cold beverage and enjoy the June SnapShot Bulletin and your summer freedom.

Coming Soon!

FCAT Retake Scores in SnapShot

High school FCAT retake scores will be displayed in SnapShot’s student tables and graphs, just in time for their contribution to the school grade in 2007!  Retake scores help teachers monitor achievement and student areas in need of improvement, and allow schools to track the effectiveness of programs on this particular student demographic.

Student Academic Improvement Plan (AIP) Builder and Report Generator

The SnapShot AIP Builder and Report Generator will provide teachers with a simple and effective method for creating individual student academic improvement plans for reading, writing, math and science based on student demographic data, FCAT and Stanford performance indicators.

The AIP feature builds and reports in less than 10 minutes and takes even less time to update! Data needed for the AIP is automatically entered into the report, including student data for previous 4 years with no additional work for teachers! Users can compliment the AIP with diagnostic assessment results, report card grades, class grades, discipline, and more.

Best of all, the Student AIP Builder and Report Generator will be provided at no additional cost to you! View a sample report here.

If you’ve got any questions about these exciting new features don’t hesitate to contact our staff at training@studentperformance.com.

SnapShot Faculty Training

You asked for it and here it is! SnapShot is pleased to announce the introduction of Faculty Training to our current repertoire of regional training for data teams.

Faculty training is an easy and efficient way to train your entire staff to use SnapShot. To help you and your staff get the most out of SnapShot, one of our highly-qualified trainers will come to your school and train your staff on how to use SnapShot for school improvement, SACS review, FCAT preparation, and making effective classroom decisions.

This training is hands-on and includes a training packet that guarantees that you and your staff will have the knowledge, tools and most importantly the motivation to fully utilize SnapShot after the trainer leaves. This service costs $750 for a full-day of training and covers all trainer travel expenses.

If you have any questions or are interested in booking SnapShot Faculty Training for your school, please contact Jonathan at training@studentperformance.com.

Analyzing the 2007 School Grade Additions

The 2007 school grade will include the percent of students scoring 3 and above in Science and the lowest 25% of students making learning gains in Math. The following activities will allow you to analyze these areas in order to form goals and strategies to address any areas of weakness before starting the 2007 school year. By analyzing the trend in these areas, you will be prepared for the implementation of these new A++ plan measures.

Science Achievement Levels

1. Click the "Queries" tab.
2. Click roster year "2005-2006"
3. Click "Continue"
4. Click "Demographics"
5. Click "ESE Primary"
6. Select 2005-2006, Non-ESE, F, L, M
7. Click "Add Criterion"
8. Click "Demographics"
9. Click "Grade of Enrollment" (select your grade level(s) for Science testing), 2005-2006
10. Click "Add Criterion"
11. Click "Get Results"
12. Click the Bar Graphs icon
13. Click "SSS Science Achievement Level Distribution"
14. Record the percentage in the boxes below
15. Repeat above directions for 2004-2005; change year in each step
16. Repeat above directions for 2003-2004

Year	% Level 1	% Level 2	% Level 3	% Level 4	% Level 5
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06

Low 25% in Math

This must be done up to three times, once for each grade level.

1. Click Queries
2. Select 2005-2006 and click Continue
3. Click Demographics
4. Click Grade of Enrollment
5. Select 2005-2006 from the dropdown and click the box next to the grade
6. Click Add Criterion
7. Click Tests
8. Click FCAT SSS Math
9. Click Dev Scale and select 2004-2005
10. Click Add Criterion
11. Click Tests
12. Click FCAT SSS Math
13. Click Dev Scale and select 2005-2006
14. Click Add Criterion
15. Click Get Results
16. Multiply the number of students by 0.25 – this is the number of students in your lowest 25 percent for this grade level.  Record: ______
17. Click the 0405 heading to sort by the DSS score
18. Beginning with the lowest scale score in the 0405 column, count through the students until you have identified the number of students you calculated in step 16.  Note the 2004-2005 scale score for that student: _____
19. Click Queries
20. Click Edit next to the “Dev Scale between …2004-2005” step in your query
21. Change the Maximum score to that identified in step 18
22. Click Get Results
23. You now have the list of the Lowest 25% in the selected grade. Note: some of these were retained at that grade level for the current roster year; others are in the next grade level for the current roster year.
24. Click the Bar Graphs icon.
25. Click on Math Learning Gains Summary.
26. Record the number of students in the first six bars.  Record the total number of students graphed.
27. Repeat the above for the each of the other grade level groups at your school level.
28. Repeat for the 2004-2005 school year

Grade	# making learning gains	# making up low 25%	Percent Learning Gains
TOTAL

Example Calculation:

6th graders:  25 with learning gains out of 38 making up low 25%
7th graders:  34 with learning gains out of 45 making up low 25%
8th graders:  29 with learning gains out of 39 making up low 25%

 

Online and in-person training is always available if you need help using any of our features, or just want some tips and tricks to get the most out of SnapShot. For online training resources, go to www.studentperformance.com/training.html and check out www.studentperformance.com/using.html for tips on how to enhance your SnapShot experience. As always, individual, school or district training is available and can be booked by calling us at 1.866.479.7627

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